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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Timed Auction | Highlights of Contemporary Photography from The Corrigan Collection
• Sale Date:
  06 Jul 2021 ~ 7pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  5
• Lot Description:
  Anne Ferran
  (born 1949)
  Scenes on The Death of Nature I And II, 1986
  from the series: SCENES ON THE DEATH OF NATURE; gelatin silver photographs (diptych)
  i. 58.0 x 70.0 cm (sight); ii. 58.0 x 62.5 cm (sight); 80.5 x 156.0 cm (frame)
  EXHIBITED: "Photographic work by Anne Ferran, "The Performance Space, Sydney, 23 September – 12 October 1986 (another example); "Scenes On The Death Of Nature: Photographic Installation By Anne Ferran", Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 19 March – 19 April 1987 (another example); "Australian Photography: the 1980s", Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 20 February – 22 May 1988 (another example); "Shadow Land", Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth, 8 February – 19 April 2014; and touring; "Versus Rodin," Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 4 March — 2 July 2017 (another example, illus. in exhibition catalogue pp. 58 – 59); "KNOW MY NAME: AUSTRALIAN WOMEN ARTISTS 1990 TO NOW, PART 1", National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 14 November 2020 – 9 May 2021 (another example) REFERENCES: Martin, A., ‘Immortal Stories’, "Photofile", Summer, 1986, pp. 11, 12 – 13 (illus.), 14, 15; Ennis, H. and Davidson, K., "Australian Photography: The 1980s", Australian National Gallery, Canberra, 1988 (illus. cover, another example); Batchen, G., ‘Anne Ferran: Scenes and Scenarios’ in Carroll, A., "Art From Australia. Eight Contemporary Views, "Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 40 – 42; French, B. (ed.), "Photofiles, An Australian Photography Reader," Power Publications and Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 1999, p. 68 (illus., another example); Johnston, F., and Ferran, A., "Shadow Land", Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery and Power Publications, Perth, 2014, pp. 15, 21, 22, 96 – 97 (illus. another example), 111; "Know My Name," National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2020, pp. 122, 123 (illus.), 124 – 125 (illus., detail, another example); Allen, C., ‘Remember my name’, "The Australian", 26 – 27 December 2020, pp. 10 – 11 (illus. another example)
• Provenance:
  Probably: Stills Gallery, Sydney; Pat Corrigan Collection, Sydney; Long term loan, University of Technology, Sydney, July 2004 – July 2021
• Notes:
  RELATED WORK: Other examples of this photograph are held in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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